單詞
compassion
英 [k?m'p??(?)n]
美[k?m'p???n]
基本信息
- n. 同情；憐憫
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中文詞源
compassion 同情
com-, 強調(diào)。-pat, 情感，忍受，詞源同patient, passion.
英文詞源
- compassion (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French compassion "sympathy, pity" (12c.), from Late Latin compassionem (nominative compassio) "sympathy," noun of state from past participle stem of compati "to feel pity," from com- "together" (see com-) + pati "to suffer" (see passion).
Latin compassio is an ecclesiastical loan-translation of Greek sympatheia (see sympathy). An Old English loan-translation of compassion was efenerowung.
雙語例句
- 1. The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism.
- 總統(tǒng)堅持說他如此做是出于同情而不是為了投機。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.
- 這部當代風尚喜劇雜糅了悲憫的情懷和尖酸的幽默。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I feel more compassion and less anger than I used to.
- 我覺得自己比過去多了些同情，少了些怒氣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Mum was incensed at his lack of compassion.
- 媽媽被他缺乏同情心的表現(xiàn)激怒了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They were godlike in their wisdom and compassion.
- 他們有上帝般的智慧和同情心。
來自柯林斯例句
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